How to load any XAP file with the Windows Phone 7 emulator

Question

Does anyone know if it is possible to load a windows phone 7 XAP file into the emulator without the solution or source files? In other words, can I send somebody just a XAP file

Answer 1

There now seems to be a solution to this in the beta release, according to the windows phone developer blog - the following two tools ought to be able to address this problem (although I have yet to try this):

• Developer Registration Utility – Now you can unlock you Windows Phone 7 device for development purposes.

• XAP Deployment Tool – if you want to deploy XAP files directly to an unlocked device, now you can.